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DAILY NEWS FETCH - July 29, 2021

CREATED BY WINE INDUSTRY INSIGHT   & MADE POSSIBLE BY OUR SPONSORS

Publisher/Executive Editor, Lewis Perdue -- Editor, Becca Yeamans-Irwin

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TODAY'S TOP NEWS

Consumer trust in grocery stores is lower than retail as a whole.

Scroll down to Daily Data for the Morning Consult chart.

 

• Winegrape Oversupply Compounds Issue of Smoke Exposure
• US Wine Volume Projected To Decline In 2021 [metered access]
• NFTs, emoji apps, Instagram magazines: Will wacky projects help winemaker Dan Petroski sell wine? [paywall?]
• NY Celebrity Sommelier Ganzer Has Been Moonlighting as an Arsonist: FDNY
• American Thirst For Low Alcohol Wine Continues [paywall?]
• Consumer trust in grocery stores is lower than retail as a whole.
• Bye, Bye Wine Direct: The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! - (Sponsored link)

 

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COVID-19

• Harry Crowther: what the on-trade can learn from Covid off-trade boom
• How the Pandemic Changed the Daily Lives of Industry Workers and Influenced Wine Sales

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• What We Learned From a THC Wine Tasting

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• AOC Médoc, Haut-Médoc and Listrac-Médoc to enforce mandatory environmental certification in two years’ time

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo’s net sales exceed estimates due to strong US demand

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Dusky Goose Winery Acquires New Production Winery in Downtown Carlton, OR
• MA: Amherst Farm Winery for sale, includes 3-bedroom farmhouse, wine production room, vineyards and more
• French Cointreau family member selling historic wine estate near Stellenbosch, South Africa

 

SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE TOP NEWS

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BREXIT

• Optimism and relief over VI-1 but nervous anticipation of detail and timing remains

WEBINARS/ONLINE MEETINGS

• Registration Open for WAVEx Webinar: What’s in Your Brett Toolbox?

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• 2021 Sonoma County Wine Auction Spotlights Iconic Alumni Honorary Chairs

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Two + Two = Trouble

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Studies Confirm the Unique CO2 Balance of Natural Cork Closures

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Finger Lakes Riesling: FLXcursion 2021 International Expo

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Understanding Brett and Its Divisive Impact on Wine
• Sulfites, Legs and Other Misinformation Campaigns in Wine
• Franciacorta: The hidden gem of Italian sparkling wine
• What is Good Taste, Revisited

 

SCROLL DOWN FOR LOTS MORE NEWS

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WINE PEOPLE

• By the Bottle: Walter Speller

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Spotted lanternfly spreading in New York state
• Invasive Insect That Harms Wine Grapes, Fruit Trees Spotted In Indiana

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Mt Difficulty winemaker resigns

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Chinese customs banned 34 batches of wine from entering country this year

SOUTH AFRICA

• South African wine history: Was Simonsig Kaapse Vonkel really our first bottle-fermented bubbly?

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Lebanese Winemakers Fight Poverty With Sustainable Practices

 

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